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July, 2024

Action Alliance Foundation (AAF) provides safe recovery residences for homeless alcoholics and addicts, including those struggling with mental health issues. We teach our residents how to create sober lives leading to futures full of hope and promise.  

Meet Board Member Rick Williams


When Rick Williams was asked to serve on the Board of Directors for Action Alliance Foundation, he quickly said yes. “I’ve referred many people to Action Alliance over the years,” he explained. “I like seeing miracles and love hearing everyone’s stories - what they’ve overcome, what they’re doing now – it’s very impactful. It’s exciting to see people embrace the power of recovery.


Rick had his first taste of alcohol at age 11, discovering marijuana just a few years later. He started ditching school and was kicked out of two traditional high schools, eventually graduating from an alternative high school. He was also in and out of Juvenile Hall, doing “dumb stuff.”


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Meet Action Alliance Resident Peter

Peter once had it all – a prestigious career as an aerospace engineer, a wife and two children. But when he quit his job due a major crisis within the company, it all came crashing down.


Always intrigued by alcohol – “I used to sneak Gallo wine from my parents as a pre-teen,” he explains – Peter turned to the bottle (as well as marijuana) to numb the pain. “While the drinking escalated, my marriage disintegrated,” he explains. 

 

The struggle was real – so real that Peter attempted to commit suicide in 2007. When the contractor’s cord he was using to hang himself broke, however – something that should not have happened - he realized that he had more life to live, and entered a rehab program. 


To learn more about Peter, click here. To read about other Action Alliance residents, click here.



Action Alliance Foundation is pleased to announce that it is part of OC Nonprofit Central, a website that promotes nonprofits and helps donors learn more about our community. Powered by the Orange County Community Foundation, OC Nonprofit Central provides detailed information about local nonprofit organizations. To view AAF’s profile, click here; to view OC Nonprofit Central’s home page, click here.  

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